Fatal island house fire in Wisconsin

Posted:
Thursday, May 21, 2015 11:45 AM EDT

WATERFORD, Wis. (AP) -- Racine County sheriff's officials say one man has died in a house fire on a Fox River island in Waterford.

Sheriff's Lt. Dan Klatt says firefighters were dispatched to Fox Isle Park Drive about 6 a.m. Thursday. Klatt says a frantic caller told a dispatcher that several people were unable to get out of the burning house. Klatt tells The Journal Times that everyone eventually made it out, except for one man who died.